Sunday, July 26, 2015

With Words from that Most Sure Word of Prophecy the Bible, Regarding Justice for National Sins.

In
our country's early years, when deciding how to determine the
population of each American State, the delegates of the
Constitutional Convention came up against the issue of slavery. At
this Convention, many great voices were raised in favor of abolishing
slavery everywhere in the Union, but other voices were raised in
opposition. To present a united front to the world of the eve of
Independence, the Continental Congress in 1776 postponed the handling
of this explosive issue. (Under the Confederation, however, it did
abolish slavery in all areas north of the Ohio River, and later
formed states were “free states” where slavery was not
permitted.)

Not
much later, during Congress, the slavery issue arose again when
debating the question of controlling interstate and international
commerce. Charles Pickney and John Rutledge of South Carolina spoke
up in favor of continuing the importation of slaves. At this point
George Mason of Virginia could contain himself no longer. He rose
and sternly warned his fellow delegates:

“Every
master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of
heaven upon a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in
the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of
causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national
calamities.”

It
is tragic that Mason's timely warning went unheeded by a sufficient
number of delegates. Again, this explosive issue was shelved.
Congress gained the right to regulate the interstate and foreign
commerce which had been causing so much friction between the states,
but pro slavery forces achieved a deplorable victory: They succeeded
in preventing Congress from even considering abolishing the
importation of slaves until 1808! The handling of the slavery issue
was unquestionably a serious blot on the work of the Constitutional
Convention which opened itself up to divine direction in so many
other ways and accomplished so much of enduring worth. It should
serve to remind us what Madison understood so well: the sin nature of
man often prevents him from accomplishing all that God would have him
do. But God is not mocked. Although it took a disastrous Civil War,
His providence achieved the abolition of slavery through blood when
it could so easily have been achieved by the pen. It is a lesson
that God blesses us to the extent that we rely on Him – in regard
to slavery we did not. It's also a lesson that God will eliminate
evil through judgment if we will not willingly rid ourselves of
wickedness.

George
Mason's words about national sins today ring more clearly: “They
bring the judgment of heaven upon a country. As nations cannot be
rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an
inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national
sins by national calamities.”

Today
the guilt of other sins bloody our nation's hands. Just one of these
sins is abortion. In 1860 there were over 3,950,000 slaves, which
was more than 12.5 % of the US population then. Today just since
1973 when the US Supreme Court legalized abortion we have aborted
nearly 60,000,000 babies. That is nearly 20% of our current
citizenship of 320 million, and that is babies just in our
country alone. (Nearly 2 billion babies have been aborted worldwide;
this blood cries out for global judgment. Will it be a WW3?) We
also send tens of millions of dollars annually to fund abortions
internationally. We also outlawed Prayer (in 1962) and the Bible
(1963) in our schools, we produce, consume, imitate, and export and
corrupt the world with wicked movies, abominable pornography and
satanic gaming. Our country's trade treaties with the world also
push “diversity education” (read: aberrant sexuality teachings)
in the schools in order to trade favorably with us. I learned this
when living in Colombia and our country was pushing Latin American
countries to join the free trade agreement with us. Space does not
permit to discuss more about the blood of multitudes on our hands.
But in it all, the US church in general has often courted and
eventually consumed rather then confronted the world's wantonness.
Our multitudes of false prophet libertines along with her sheep-goats
have embraced sin while naming it spiritual liberty and praising
God's grace.

The very, black Friday night of 6-26-2015, I
discovered that the US Supreme Court had announced their decision to
force all US States to recognize same-sex marriages. Our country's
president celebrated the decision of pronouncing a blessing on the
sin of Sodom by lighting up the White House with the colors of the
rainbow, that lovely and sacred symbol of God's promise that in spite
of man's sin – pride, sexual freedom, lawlessness, and violence –
He would never again destroy all the earth with a flood. President
Obama while celebrating the judgment passed by the Supreme Court
proclaimed, “sometimes justice
arrives like a thunderbolt.” I immediately thought,
“Our president has just spoken prophetic words.”

In spite of
fasting and praying before the court's decision, I have cried and
have had an even heavier heart since then and I spoke to Heather
about this the same night. I shared our President's quote and told
her of this verse that came into my mind upon reading Obama's
prophetic words.
“Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to
fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking
cometh suddenly
at an instant.”

The next morning my mind was still troubled by the decision to
promote this abominable sin. As I prepared to read my Bible for the
morning I prayed and hungered for a word from the Lord about this
situation. I then opened up my Bible and perhaps the first thing my
eyes fell upon was the same verse that God had brought to my mind the
night before upon reading that Mr. Obama said in so many words that
judgment sometimes
falls like lightning.
With out even looking for it, immediately God gave me the same verse
as the night before. Isaiah 30:13, “Therefore this iniquity shall
be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall,
whose
breaking
cometh suddenly
at an instant.”
“Oh, God, in wrath remember mercy,” has been my cry since then!
“Save and sanctify as many souls as possible before destruction.”
Speaking of destruction. It makes me
nervous when someone says that they are proud of anything. But it
scared me when so many of our country's leaders said that they were
proud of the Supreme Court's decision and then the millions
celebrated not only in our land but around the world. For we know
that “pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a
fall.”

“Woe unto those who call evil good.”
The man who lives in what is now a soiled White House said
that the ruling "will strengthen all of our communities" by
offering dignity... to all same-sex couples. The president calls the
ruling "a victory for America." All this is opposite to
the truth found in God's Word the Bible. It will weaken and endanger our
communities while offering shame. And it was a downfall for America and a
smashing blow upon the world.

After reading Isaiah 30:13, I immediately
read the chapter and these words also stood out to me.

Woe
to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but
not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that
they may add sin to sin: (Isaiah 30:1)

[Rebellious
– we used to follow God but have rebelled. Our chief men have
deliberated and passed counsel and judgment to reject God and sin
even more.]

That
walk to go down into Egypt... (30:2)

[Egypt
– represents sin, bondage, slavery, and is always down.]

...this
is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear
the law of the LORD: (30:9)

[We've
known the truth, but are willfully rebelling, speaking lies, and are
trying to shut up God's Law.]

Which
say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us
right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get
you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of
Israel to cease from before us. (30:10,11)

[We
try to ignore, shut up, intimidate, and even threaten God's prophets
the preachers proclaiming truth. And we promote, quote, and reward
those ministers who speak only a non-confrontational Gospel and that
which makes us feel good.]

Wherefore
thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and
trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: (30:12)

Therefore
this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out
in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
(30:13)

[A
high, stone wall with a crack which has a swelling bow in it will at
any moment and when least expected suddenly fall. Such will be the
judgment for this sin. Sudden and unexpected judgment.]

And
he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is
broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be
found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or
to take water withal out of the pit. (30:14)

[Complete
ruin and destruction. A smashing which leaves the vessel completely
useless for even the most menial tasks. These are the vessels
prepared for destruction. We must make sure that we are through the
power of the blood of Jesus Christ vessels of gold and silver which
will survive and only be purified by the judgment to come.]

For
thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and
rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your
strength: and ye would not. (30:15)

[For
years God has been offering salvation from sin's bondage and
destruction by returning to God, but these sinners are rejecting
God's rest.]

But
ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee:
and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue
you be swift. (30:16)

[Such
says, “No, God. We have a plan. We'll do things our way and we'll
be able to work out our own escape from judgment.”]

One
thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall
ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and
as an ensign on an hill. (30:17)

[Judgment
will be so terrible, brutal, and fearful that in sheer terror a
thousand will flee with just one threatening them. So many will be
killed that only a few of God's children will escape.]

And
therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and
therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for
the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for
him. (30:18)

[In
all this judgment as well as afterward, God still waits with His arms
open with grace and mercy. Those truly waiting on God will be
blessed in this.]

Notice
more Scripture on this Suddenness
of
justice arriving like a thunderbolt, according to Mr. Obama, or “a
breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose
breaking cometh suddenly at an instant,”
according to God in Isaiah.

Psa
62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be
slain
all of you: as
a bowing wallshall
ye be, and as
a tottering fence. Psa
62:4 They only consult to cast him
down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their
mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Jer
6:26 O daughter of my people, gird thee
with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as
for
an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the
spoiler shall suddenly come
upon us. Isa
47:11 Therefore
shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth:
and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it
off: and desolation
shall come upon thee suddenly,
which
thou shalt not know.

This
same sudden judgment will come upon the sinning “Christians” in
the churches too:

Isa
33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
fearfulness
hath surprised
the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who
among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? Isa
33:15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that
despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from
holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and
shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; Isa
33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall
be
the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall
be
sure. “Fearful
surprise” means to suddenly
be caught with no time to prepare. Dwelling with fire, dwelling on
high, defense, and surety comes only from HOLY, PERFECT living before
God. No amount of prepping can save you if God says “enough” to
putting up with your sin.(Notice
that for the Christian, judgment fire will reveal the worth of his
work:For
other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus
Christ.

Now
if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble;

Every
man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it,
because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every
man's work of what sort it is.

If
any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive
a reward.

If
any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself
shall be saved; yet so as by fire. - 1 Corinthians 3:11-15)

(Some
Christians will be taken away too, but in mercy.)

The
righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it
to heart: and merciful men are
taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from
the evil to come.
(Isaiah 57:1)

Children
of God, take comfort. For God promises to protect and provide for His
who are holy in the midst of this sudden, terrible judgment. In the
previously mentioned sudden judgment chapter 30 of Isaiah, it is also
full of comforting promises to those who in times of judgment are seeking
and obeying God with all their heart.

Isaiah
30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt
weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy
cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. [Comfort
and answered prayer.]

Isa.
30:20 And though
the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of
affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any
more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: [Just
enough bread and water in hard times, and true spiritual leadership
present.]Isa.
30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is
the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye
turn to the left. [God's
extraordinary guidance in every step we take.]

Isa.
30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of
silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt
cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get
thee hence. [Judgment
will cause God's people to abhor and to cast aside that which takes
God's place or grieves God.]

Isa.
30:23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow
the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it
shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in
large pastures. [God
will send rain upon our seed <preaching of the gospel, our
children, our converts, and that which we plant> when we are able
to sow the ground. Our flocks will be abundant, healthy, blessed of
God, and feed in large pastures.]

Isa.
30:24
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat
clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with
the fan. [pure
and plenteous; the best feed and an abundance of feed for the even
the lowliest of beasts after the calamities of war. In the dark days
ahead, remember this hope. It will end and God will heal even the
food source as also mentioned in Malachi 4:2-3
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as
calves of the stall.
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under
the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this,
saith the LORD of hosts. 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the
proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day
that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it
shall leave them neither root nor branch.
]

Isa
30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every
high hill, rivers and
streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers
fall. [Fountains
for the thirsty even on the normally dry and barren mountains when
God's many enemies are slaughtered and the great, the mighty, the
cities, the glory of man falls to the ground. What abundance of
water, like that in the days of Elijah after the drought and standoff
on Mt. Carmel.]

Isa
30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when
a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth
with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One
of Israel. [In
the darkest of nights God's presence and grace will give joy as we
tarry in His presence in worship, in prayer, and in the Word. Like Job,
God's people will say, “the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away,
blessed be the name of the Lord.”]

As
the universal law of justice for sin comes to pass, this involves not
only ever increasing natural disasters, catastrophes, and plagues as
we see now. But God's Word teaches that Justice demands certain
sudden and fearful retribution against sin.

I
sincerely think that aside from a miraculous intervention of God, for
the USA this involves the sword both internally and from without. For
we have sinned against our own and against others. And remember the
wolves who are watching from the outside hope for a civil internal
bloodshed to weaken the beast enough to pounce and consume. Why do I
mention killing and war? Because Divine Law speaks of this.

“So
ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are:
for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of
the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed
it.” (Numbers 35:33)

Divine
laws will come to pass. If life for life is required and it is,
justice demands nearly 60 million for murdered babies alone, and many
more millions for the many little ones offended by our anti-Christ
laws and for offending the least of these little ones. Let us continue to fast and pray that, like
Nineveh, our whole nation might turn to God in repentance. And like Noah,
let us warn the world as we forsake all and labor to bring ourselves,
our families, and others into the only ark of safety, Jesus Christ.

Regarding
war, I recommend that parents try to win their family, teach their
children Bible, lead their children in the charge to fast and pray
for an awakening, and to learn to cry out for God's mercy and learn to depend on God's
mercy. This is the only sure refuge for our land.

For
if [the judgment] be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be
found even to fight against God.
(Acts 5:29) Lest he who lives by the sword die by the sword. And
perhaps God might mark those who sigh and cry for the sins of the
people and spare them. [Eze
9:4
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city... and
set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for
all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
9:6
Slay utterly old and
young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near
any man upon whom is
the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient
men which were
before the house.]
We must teach others to take refuge in a close obedient walk with God
and to tarry before God in prayer and in obedience to the Word of God.
The next World War would likely be nuclear and the dead would likely
be counted in billions not millions like last time. In this
occasion, not even a bunker would be safe for the self-made-man who
is out from under God's protection.

I
fear lest we Christians get too caught up in the entertainment
mindset and forsake our duty as priests to weep between the porch and
the altar. The attitude of, “let us live it up today because
tomorrow things are going to crash,” is a sin unto death. “And
in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating
flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall
die. And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely
this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the
Lord GOD of hosts.”
(Isaiah 22:12-14)

We
should cultivate joyful Christian homes and try to give our children
an innocent, happy childhood, but we must also be vigilant, sober,
Biblical, prayerful, and walk in the fear of God. In fact, God wants
us obedient Christians to not even fear what we see coming. “Say
ye not, A conspiracy, to all them
to
whom this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear,
nor be afraid. Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let
him be
your fear, and let
him be
your dread.” Isaiah 8:12-13

We
dare not say, “It's not my problem; for I didn't create those
unGodly laws.” We must remember that God often gives tyrannical,
sin loving rulers to nation of people who forsake Him in order to
cause them to cry out to God and repent of their evil ways. Am I all
that God wants me to be? Am I earnest pressing forward to obey God's
laws with all of my heart? Do I delight greatly in God's
commandments? (Psalm 112)

Let
us read Isaiah 30 and the rest of God's prophecies, take heed to
God's warnings, and flee from the wrath to come by taking refuge in Jesus
our Ark of salvation. These great, precious promises of God are
sandwiched between predictions of horrendous judgments, death,
slaughter, and crumbling of all the glory of man. Truly God will
bless, purge, and prosper His holy children even through worst of
times.
“Come,
and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal
us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.” (Hosea 6:1)

............................

*
I recognize that the context of Isaiah 30 is to the Jews. But the
principle of judgment for sin there remains the same and applies to
all cultures. And it certainly applies to the USA, for as Peter
Marshall and David Manuel prove in their history of the USA, The
Light And The Glory,
many early Christian Puritans settling our nation purposefully felt
they were creating a covenant with God as a new nation and asked for
God to bless them as a people as they remained Christian and chastise
the people as they wavered. Their history proved such to be true as
drought, crop failure, pestilence, economic failure, slaughter by
“Indians” and war, and death overtook them as they forsook God,
and blessing and abundance came upon them as soon as they turned to
God in repentance, obedience, prayer, and fasting. We can do the
same. I am not saying that America is the new Israel. We are not.
But John W. Whitehead's research reveals that when the constitution
was adopted the population of America was a bit over 3 million and
the Christian population numbered at least 2 million. And we saw
mighty revivals of Christianity before and after that. Our spiritual leaders
and government mandated days of prayer and thanksgiving. We prayed
to the God of the Bible and taught the Bible in our schools. Our
nation's Congress even mandated that thousands of Bibles be imported
for use as textbooks in learning.

And
every nation can be a nation under God if it chooses to follow Christ
(Psalm 2:10-12; 33:12) Out of the group of Christians who met
together off the coast of New England, covenanting with their God to
form a nation that would glorify Him and spread His Gospel, many
others came and restated and strengthened their initial compact.
From this covenant with God and their willingness to apply His Word
to all areas of life came a Christian republic that has promoted the
greatest expansion of the Gospel since the early church, if not in
the history of man. We cannot rest now. Let us also forsake all to
obey Jesus Christ and His Word fearlessly before those who hate
Christ and hate us His followers. And when the dust settles, we will
find that we have inherited Christ's promises mentioned here and
throughout the Bible.

**
Slavery history here as well as some other words used are from The
American Covenant: The Untold Story.
By Marshall Foster and Mary-Elaine Swanson. 1993, The Mayflower
Institute. ISBN 0-941370-00-3

3 comments:

Philip, we appreciate your article. We feel it is very timely and understand something of the amount of prayer, time, and research in writing it. We pray for you and your family regularly. May God abundantly bless and keep each of you!

Dear Phillip, I just read this post and found it very encouraging to me to try to do my best for Jesus. I loved reading all the scripture verses. I am grateful that our God is a God of equity, fairness, and justice. I am grateful that I was privileged to be taught this very doctrine by upright and holy men and women of God. I am grateful that God's Word is truth. I am grateful that Jesus Christ stated, "I am the way, the truth, and the life". I am grateful that you are earnestly following Christ. I am grateful that God is in control and not man. I am grateful to be a follower of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for the privilege to be a Christian. I feel my heart welling up with praise to Jesus Christ because he is real, because his way is the right way, and because I have his word, the Bible, as my road map to Heaven. I love you and am grateful to have you as my son. Love, Mom D

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